Preservation Arts

Copic Butterfly Make and Take

I’m really excited to be doing a demonstration this weekend for The Big Art Event at David M. Mangelsen’s store in Omaha, Nebraska. I’ll be teaching a make and take as well as demonstrating a variety of techniques with Copic Markers. If you live within driving distance of Omaha, you should totally stop by for this fun event. There’s also a web coupon available at the store’s website, so make sure to bring it with you.

Here’s a photo of the cute little make and take that I put together for the event. What I love about this is that believe it or not, this is actually a hybrid card. The butterfly is a digital stamp (or brush) created by Obsidian Dawn. I printed the image onto Neenah paper using a laserjet printer. (Inkjet will bleed when used with Copics, but laser printers work better than almost any other ink. It’s awesome! To create the set of cards, I just chose three markers in the same color value and blended them into the wings. Such a fun simple card. To complete it, I colored a piece of white ribbon to coordinate with each colored butterfly. With copic markers, there’s no need to worry about finding the right color, just buy white ribbon and you’re good to go!

Yet another pendant card: rockstar thanks

Can you tell I really love the pendant dies. You know, I wasn’t sure I would. I thought at first that they might be a little too ornate for my tastes, but it took me about 10 seconds of playing with them to change my mind. These dies are really fun and amazing, and as you can tell from this card, I love mixing them up.

This card features some copic airbrusing and some basic inking.  I’ve come to think of the bold color combinations paired with black and bling as a “rock star” look, and I just love it.

Supplies:

Labels 1, Kaleidoscope, Lattice, Eyelet Pendant, Circle dies: Spellbinders; cardstock; patterned paper: Doodlebug Designs; gemstones, stamp

Adjusting Slowly

I have been massively absent for almost three weeks now, and I can’t believe how time has flown! We’ve finished building our new home, moved in and are slowly readjusting to our day to day life. I’m looking forward to a week from today when my son Isaac starts 1st grade. I’m not one of those weepy moms that has a hard time with the separation. I give him a big hug, a pat on the back and do an internal jump for joy that we’ve reached the point in his development where he doesn’t need me all day long. I’ll miss him, but not too much.

Here’s a card that was used in the Spellbinders catalog supplement for CHA-Summer this past month. After doing the reveal for the Kaleidoscope die, it has continued to wow me on several projects. I love cutting the pendant center with felt, as shown here.

Supplies:

White Acrylic Paint; Copic Marker: Cadmium Red; Spellbinders Impressability: Butterfly; Spellbinders Die Templates: Kaleidoscope Pendant, Ribbon Tag Trio 2; Stamp: Hero Arts; Pearls: Creative Impressions; Felt; Cardstock: The Paper Company, Neenah

Copic Markers on Chipboard: Faux Suede

Today I wanted to share a recent Spellbinders DT submission. This card has a couple of notable techniques in it, including air brushed Impressabilities, and the simple, but fun, method of filling a nestability shape with buttons, beads, and other findings. My favorite part of this card though is the chipboard shape. It was a scrap I had laying in my stash and the last thing I added on, just to pull the whole thing together. I used my copic markers to color directly onto the chipboard and I love the faux suede look that resulted.

Happy Spring Card & Hybrid Freebie Download

I created this card with a few of the leftover pieces that I had from my One Week scrapbook page. This fun little card was also shown on HSN, although it was difficult to see amongst the other beautiful projects.

Supplies:

Yellow Dots Patterned Paper: Jennifer Davis

Happy Spring & Branch stamps: Taylored Expressions

Labels 1, Nested Birds, Petite Scalloped Ovals, Petite Classic Ovals: Spellbinders

Ribbon: Creative Impressions

Impressability: Spellbinders

Marker & Airbrush system: Copic

Brad: Chatterbox

Corner Rounder: Creative Memories

Brown & green ink: Clearsnap

Click here to read the full post and grab the downloadable freebie!

A Simple Thank You Card

I made this cute card last night using a Hero Arts “thanks” sentiment and background stamp, the Copic Airbrush System, an Impressability, and of course, Spellbinders Dies linked below. I really love how the Copic ABS works with the Impressabilities. It’s such an elegant technique.

The yellow polka dot paper is a printed version of a digital paper I designed myself, and I don’t mind sharing it here: Download Yellow Polka Dot Paper. This particular digital freebie is ok for any kind of use, just give credit to Jennifer Davis/Preservation Arts where possible. To download, RIGHT CLICK either the link or the image below and click “save link as” to save the jpg onto your own computer. Enjoy!

• Classic Circles
• Ribbon Tag Trio
• Impressabilities Flowers